ASL Immersion is a concentrated program in ASL that allows participants to understand how it feels to depend on one’s eyes rather than one’s ears to communicate and interact with the world. Two ASL Immersion programs are offered each summer at the end of July.

Family to Family events are packed with family-relevant workshops and ASL learning activities for children and family members. Family to Family events include Family Workshops and Family to Family Weekend.

Family to Family Weekend is a fun and educational weekend for families with deaf and hard of hearing children. Family to Family Weekend gives parents, siblings and extended family the opportunity to enjoy learning together.

Learning Weekends give an opportunity for students in a region or from all over the state to come together for learning, fun, and connection. Students gain new insight into academic content, the power of peer learning and self-awareness.

Student Summer Camps provide new and creative opportunities for campers to try things they have not experienced. By doing so, campers will develop new interests that may pave the way to their future. NMSD’s summer camp creates a setting that promotes hands-on, experiential learning opportunities. It also offers a place where academic and non-academic activities come together in fun and adventurous ways.

New Mexico Challenge: Student Summer Camp is offered for two weeks in July, for preschoolers through grade 8. Summer camp includes outdoor adventure, including activities such as camping, biking, rafting, rock climbing, and swimming, in addition to students learning a new skill, such as photography bike repair, and stilt-walking.

NMSD offers the NM Deaf and Hard of Hearing Career Expo, where deaf and hard of hearing students and parents obtain information on volunteer and job opportunities from local employers and employment agencies for deaf and hard of hearing youth.

The New Mexico Deaf and Hard of Hearing Career Expo is an annual event provided by New Mexico School for the Deaf, and open to all. The Expo includes learning activities for deaf and hard of hearing students, parents, and professionals provided by experts in the field of transition (life after high school) for deaf and hard of hearing youth, local employers, and employment agencies.

The New Mexico Deaf and Hard of Hearing Career ExpoCheck back for dates.

Professional development workshops are offered statewide upon request. These learning opportunities can be scheduled for groups large and small, with an emphasis on an individual student or at a school/district level. The workshops are geared toward educators, parents, family members, interpreters, classroom assistants, and other service providers who make up the educational team. Workshops focus on a wide range of topics specific to the education of students who are deaf and hard of hearing.

NMSD has various opportunities for NM interpreters working in the K-12 setting. In an overall effort to increase the quality of interpreting services provided to deaf and hard-of-hearing students in New Mexico, we are committed to working with New Mexico school districts, supporting K-12 Interpreters with their skill growth and ongoing professional development.
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The K-12 Interpreter Intensive is a three-day program designed for provisionally licensed interpreters working in K-12 settings in New Mexico. Participants engage in hands-on activities, learning techniques for self-assessment and skills-building exercises.

CASAgathering provides social and professional interactions to long-time members of the field and to those entering the conversation for the first time. Pertinent and current information in the field of deaf education is shared with the specific need of New Mexico in mind.

The CASA Deaf Education Conferenceis a must-attend biennial conference for parents, educators, support personnel, early interventionists, K-12 interpreters and community members involved in the education of children and/or students who are deaf, hard of hearing and deaf-blind.